National Voter Registration Day is Sept. 26 Community members are invited to attend one of several local voter registration events: at the Evanston Public Library, the YMCA, a Metra station, or at the City Clerk’s Office in the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Primary races are just around the corner.

Candance Chow Running for State Representative During her tenure as Finance Chair and President of the District 65 School Board, she recently guided the District through a period of significant financial uncertainty, helping pass a referendum to support the schools with an overwhelming 80% approval.

DACA made things better for more than 800,000 DREAMers across the country. With 42,400, Illinois has the third largest population of DACA recipients in the country. On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that DACA will be phased out. No new applications will be accepted. No travel outside the country will be permitted. Some current DACA holders will be allowed to renew their applications within a narrow window that closes Oct. 5. For the rest, their DACA status will terminate on their expiration date with no recourse for renewal.Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Evanston Public Library thinks banned books – books that have been removed from a curriculum or library based on the objections of an individual or group – are no cause for celebration.

The “Maker Movement” is taking hold in Evanston, with a collaboration of schools, community centers, the library and Northwestern University working to create makerspaces for school age kids throughout our city.

Rest is not part of the exciting plans on the drawing board for Rest Cottage at 1728-30 Chicago Ave., the landmark home of long-time temperance and suffrage leader Frances E. Willard.